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YOUNG POETS PERFORM TO HELP REDUCE YOUTH VIOLENCE

 

CHICAGO-- (Jan. 24, 2008)Young local poets will perform at East-West University on Wed., Dec. 2 at 6:00 p.m.  Blaq Ice and Friends will present “Poetry of a New Generation,” a therapeutic application of modern poetry.  The performance intends to illustrate creative ways to address the causes of violence among young people in Chicago. 

 

The public is welcome to this free presentation at 816 S. Michigan Ave., in the Fourth Floor Auditorium.  Sponsored by the East-West University Department of English and Communications

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East-West University is a private, non-profit, non-denominational four-year university in Chicago’s South Loop.  East-West is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), and provides affordable, quality higher education to students from all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.